UW System President Ray Cross recently laid out a number of proposals for the university, included an analysis of “back-office” operations. It's a call for reform that has left UW staff workers — including payroll employees, IT technicians and maintenance workers — worried about their future.

University of Wisconsin System President Ray Cross said he's not sure how the UW can avoid layoffs if Gov. Scott Walker's proposed budget becomes law. Cross told Wisconsin Public Radio Thursday morning that UW leaders would work with legislators and the governor to try to reduce the $300 million cut...

Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke testified to the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee in Washington, D.C. on Thursday during the confirmation process for U.S attorney general nominee Loretta Lynch. Clarke said he has good wishes for Lynch. However, he spent some time at the hearing asking that the Justice Department listen...

Last year’s changes to the GED high school equivalency diploma test might be disenfranchising a significant amount of people who lack computer literacy and money in their bank accounts, according to one technical college administrator.

Part of the argument for the change was that the exam didn’t actually test people’s knowledge of what they would otherwise learn in high school. Consequently, the exam was privatized, computerized and brought in line with Common Core standards.

The state Department of Natural Resources is embarking on a plan to bolster the state's elk population. Up to 150 elk from Kentucky will be transferred to the state in the coming years. A DNR ecologist talks about the state's history with the animal, and what a bolstered elk population would mean for Wisconsin.

The measles outbreak linked to Disneyland in Southern California has continued to grow. There are now at least 85 confirmed cases across 7 states and yesterday a high school in California banned nearly 70 unvaccinated kids from attending school.

Closer to home, Wednesday health officials at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities campus confirmed that a 20-year-old male had contracted measles, although they said it was not linked to the outbreak in California.

There is a Measles vaccine, and the disease was once thought to be eradicated in the United States. But with 644 cases last year, the U.S. saw...